Looking for key resources for F1s at UHNM

Are you a foundation year doctor, starting work at UHNM (University Hospitals of North Midlands)? Make sure you get off to a good start by using key resources to support your clinical decisions and help you to practice evidence-based medicine.

Key resources for foundation year doctors include:

NHS OpenAthens – register for your NHS OpenAthens username. This gives you access to NHS-based online resources such as ebooks, journals and databases. Complete the online form to register – follow these instructions.

Oxford Medicine Online – Follow best practice by using Oxford Medicine reference texts. You can access a wide range of handbooks for easy to read information across a range of specialties. For more information about the collection read our blog post.

BMJ Best Practice – a wealth of information to help you, including epidemiolgy, history and exam, treatement, patient discussions, complications, patient leaflets and so much more for conditions and diseases.

BNF / BNFc – essential reference text for drugs and medicines in the UK; available to all users online

Clinical Key – whether you need quick searching or more in-depth knowledge, check out this clinical search engine for guidelines, full-text articles, clinical overviews, calculators, patient education and ebooks.

Home page for clinical key showing a list of the different resources

TRIP – for a quick search across a wealth of content try the TRIP database. You can focus results according to level or type of information – great for finding guidelines, systematic reviews and evidence summaries. The PRO version is available by logging in

Finding Full-Text Articles – on a mission to track down that elusive article? Check our Finding Full-Text Articles web page for all the options you have to get the full-text

KnowledgeShare – register with KnowledgeShare to get updates straight to your inbox. Make sure you stay up-to-date with key evidence in your specialty

Check our NHS Resources A-Z web page for a full list of NHS-subscribed resources, all the links you'll need and useful open access content.

Learn more...

Literature Search Training – book on one of our bitesize webinars to learn more about literature searching on databases
Information Skills eTutorials – improve your digital skills by completing our online tutorials
NHS Library induction – complete the online induction to make sure that you are making the most of your library service

Get in touch

For more help using Health Library resources or finding information:

Contact the eresources librarian for help accessing online resources
Contact the training team for help searching for information

Cancer resources from Clinical Key – supporting cancer awareness

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